Jeremiah 42:1-6

Contemporary English Version

42 ¹ Johanan, Jezaniah,^[a] the other army officers, and everyone else in the group, came to me ² and said, “Please, Jeremiah, pray to the Lord your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left. ³ Ask the Lord to tell us where he wants us to go and what he wants us to do.”

⁴ “All right,” I answered, “I will pray to the Lord your God, and I will tell you everything he says.”

⁵ They answered, “The Lord himself will be our witness that we promise to do whatever he says, ⁶ even if it isn't what we want to do. We will obey the Lord so that all will go well for us.”